Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

When the money gets bigger and the stakes get higher, the sea gets wider, and the sharks in the water grow sharper teeth.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

You guys got big uglies, fuumm-bull, and 'Whoa, Nellie.' What I got was, 'Lindsey, why are the trash cans still out front?' 'This homework needs more work,' and the inevitable was, 'How fast were you really going?'

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

It's the broadcaster's dilemma. Are we true journalists? I don't know if I am or not.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

I think college football is a reflection of Middle America. You go into a college football town, and you will find three generations of a family sitting together. It's a rallying point for the university, the community, and the families.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

Amplify, clarify, and punctuate, and let the viewer draw his or her own conclusion.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

If I've helped people enjoy the telecast, that's fine. That's my purpose.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

Baseball is a game of geometry, while football is a game of explosive emotion. Every emotion known to mankind is in that 60 minutes - pride, pain, dedication, satisfaction, fear.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

This 'Whoa, Nellie!' thing is overrated. There were all kinds of stories going around. People said I had a mule in Georgia named Nellie. Well, we had a mule in Georgia, but her name was Pearl.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

I've announced every kind of sporting event except hockey and demolition derby, and to be frank about it, I don't really care to ever do those.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

We're thrifty. We can live off our interest, save the principal, and let the kids go off and have a hoot.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

I talk to the guy who busted his butt all week to buy a color TV, and the woman who's raising her kids, the people I owe a debt to. I'm talking to people in hotel rooms, lonesome people.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

You must tell the truth. You must be truthful to yourself and the values of the game that got you there.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

When you come into Camp Randall Stadium to play a game, you better double-clutch your chinstrap because you're going to be in a smash-mouth game.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

The one thing you can't ever forget - the playing field is the property of the players and the coaches. It is not to be used by some fat-butted announcer trying to make a name for himself.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

If I could get someone like John Grisham or someone like that to sit down and write a book with me, I'd love that.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

I'm one guy who loves to drive to work.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

I've had two jobs and one wife.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

My grandma once told my mama, 'The kid's walking crazy around the cornfield, talking to himself.' I was calling ballgames.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

The best way to get somebody's attention is with a little quiet, and then yell at 'em.

Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson

I don't want to get back into the pressure cooker of play-by-play and worry about travel. I don't want to die in a stadium parking lot.